I'm a beginner woodworker who favours hand tools and reclaimed timber

Bread box

A rather complicated bread box, using framed panel construction as I only had narrow pieces of the reclaimed wood from some drawers (maybe silky oak?). Prepared stock, kept some of the original moldings. Sides and frame Lid, small scratch stock to add a bead Dry…

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Boxes

Little tray from a split bit of "fire wood" From same "junk wood" (douglas fir?) as the bucket. Too dry (soft?) for joinery... BLO for some colour and shellac. Box with lid fits a few packs of cards.

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Carved shoe rack

Shoe rack #3, this time with some carvings of geometric proofs of the Pythagorean and "trithagorean" theorems.  Reclaimed pine stock prepared Most joinery complete Dry fit Carving Finished with polyurethane for some weather resistance

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Easle

A large semi-adjustable artist easel from pine.  Some joints were just pegged and not glued to allow it to be disassembled/altered in future if necessary. Ready to assemble Dry-fit detail of top Dry-fit detail of middle Assembled Finished with BLO

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Junk wood bin

A bucket/bin out of truly junk wood (douglas fir?) for the workshop. Junk wood from a trellis Staves (pretty rough on the inside still) Test fitting Base fits into a groove Jig to drill dowel holes to make glue up a bit smoother Finished with…

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